The Puritans, as SOMETHING ROTTEN! has been reminding us for more than a year, hated the theater because they thought it Godless. Well, perhaps in was in those days, but you have to admit that musical theater has done its part to keep The Lord’s Name in front of the public.

To prove it, I’ve listed 50 lyrics and lines from Broadway AND off-Broadway musicals -- chronologically arranged from 1929 to 2011 -- all of which reference The Higher Being. May God be with you as you try to pass the Broadway University Final Exam.

All answers are due by Monday, May 23 at 11:59 p.m. at pfilichia@aol.com

1. “And so I ask the Lord in heaven above.”
2. “The gods above me, who must be in the know, think so little of me.”
3. “Let the Lord shout and yell. Let His eyes flash flame. I promise not to quiver when He calls my name.”

4. “Before Lord God made the sea and the land.”
5. “That’s the moment I woke up, thank the Lord.”
6. “I’m a god, I’m a god, I’m a god.”
7. “Buddha make a miracle!”
8. “But now I’m lost -- so Gol-durn lost.”
9. “But since the gods gave me you to adore, I may lose but I refuse to fight the fire.”

39. “I would like to be Christ, Muhammad, Buddha but not have to believe in God.”

40. “Oh, God, how I mist you.”
41. “He’s like the son I might have known if God had granted me a son.”

42. “For God’s sake, isn’t the baby here yet?”

43. “And God knew -- because God hated His.”
44. “Make the show a hit, God, most of all, God -- let the people laugh.”
45. “There must be Someone Up There watching over me.”

46. “You sit in the Quad and think ‘Oh, my God! I am totally gonna go far!’”
47. “Dionysos, we are come to thank you for the gentle tendrils that intertwine to produce the grapes that produce the wine.”

48. “Unless some Act of God divine derails the New York-Montauk line.”
49. “God, I dreamed there was an angel who could hear me through the wall.”

50. “On the day I got to heaven, Heavenly Father will shake my hand and say ‘You’ve done an awesome job.’”